LondonCity Guide

Visiting London Town: A Guide to a having a good stay in London

Below is our complete guide to London. The best places to visit, the best places to shop, all the London flea markets, best restaurants, the top attractions and lots more.

The following pages offer visitors a guide to London and all it has to offer from how to get around to the daily, weekly and annual events held in the city.

London, as most folks know is thecapital of Englandand is home to around eight million people and around another 700,000 visitors at any given time during the year. London is not a small city, in fact, it’s fairly huge covering an area of over 600 square miles.

London is not only the capital city of the of England but is also the seat of its monarchy which is Buckingham Palace where Queen Elizabeth resides sometimes when not in one of her many other castles around the country.

Many of London's famous areas are local neighbourhoods so a little out of the way and off the regular tourist route but are still famous in their own right like Abbey road for example but they still attract several million visitors a year.

The following guide to the city represents all of London's most famous areas from historical and cultural to nightlife and entertainment and all areas and attractions can be reached via tube, bus or taxi or even by the new "Boris Bikes".London's top visitor / tourist areas include

Getting around to the different areas, London's Underground system is the easiest way to get around the city and is used by most people, visitors and locals alike on a daily basis so it's fairly busy all day and night and crazy at rush hour. During the summer months, it is almost unbearable as it is not air-conditioned and the heat can be overpowering but still is the best way to get around the city.